Following further disclosures that MP David Mackintosh's campaign received money intended for the Cobbler's , Cllr Sally Beardsworth is once again demanding that the local Conservatives repay the £30,000 to the council.

Lib Dem Jill Hope says " There are too many councils costing too much money in Northamptonshire 8 councils - 1county council and 7 district councils.THAT’S 8 chief executives, 8 council leaders, 8 teams of paid officials and 8 groups ofcouncillors."THE 2 councils in Northampton, the borough council and the county councilare both in financial difficulties, really struggling to make the cuts that have been imposed by central government, andreally struggling to deliver the services they should be delivering.""IF THIS was a business, the councils would have merged years ago." says Jill"NORTHAMPTON needs a single council running the whole town, not two councils. Most residents don’t havemuch idea which council is responsible for which service -it simply confuses them.South Northamptonshire has already announced that it is leaving the county council and setting up its ownarrangements with Cherwell Council .THE rest of Northamptonshire outside Northampton could easily manage with two unitarycouncils, one in the North and one in the east. AT a stroke this would save millions.

THE one fly in the ointment is the expensive and unnecessary brand new HQ being built for the county council in Northampton town centre.

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